first fruits
Americanplural noun
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the earliest fruit of the season.
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the first products or results of anything.
plural noun
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the first results, products, or profits of an undertaking
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fruit that ripens first
Etymology
Origin of first fruits
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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That would have been especially troublesome for a community whose religious festivals were closely connected with agriculture, harvests, first fruits, and the seasonal cycle.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The first fruits of the £15bn programme were seen last week, with the official unveiling of the first electric Range Rover.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
At the company’s annual developers conference this spring, we’ll likely see the first fruits of Apple’s AI collaboration with Google.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
Diogo Rau, Lilly’s chief information and digital officer, cautioned that it still might take years to get the first fruits of AI-powered drug discovery into the hands of patients, likely into the 2030s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
The soul was the body that fed the tobacco, and the spirit was the blood that watered the cotton, and these created the first fruits of the American garden.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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